Towards Cultural Psychology of Religion Principles, Approaches, Applications /

• Main Author: Belzen, Jacob A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Religion.; Psychology, general.; Religious Studies, general.

This book takes a bold stand: all psychology should be culturally sensitive psychology, especially when studying religious phenomena. It explains that culture is not simply to be conceived of as a variable that possibly influences behavior. Rather, it stresses that cultural patterns of acting, think...